What Ways Beside Sex Can You Get AIDS

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Safer Sex Guidelines

How Does HIV Spread During Sex? To spread HIV during sex, HIV infection in blood or sexual fluids must be transmitted to someone. Sexual fluids come from a man's penis or from a woman's vagina, before, during, or after orgasm. HIV can be transmitted when infected fluid gets into someone's body. You can't spread HIV if there is no HIV infection . If you and your partners are not infected with HIV, there is no risk. An "undetectable viral...

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DR JOHN ALLL THE WAY FROM INDIA.......A DRUG ADDICT{NO SEX}

HI DR JOHN iam from india,and ya iam a drug addict,on 23 july 2002 i foolishly used a used needle of a person whose hiv status i didnt know,therefore i tested for hiv on 23 october,it came negative,am i negative?should i retest?plzzz advice DR...

Response from John L. Sullivan, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

A negative antibody test 3 months after exposure would indicate you are negative and no further testing is necessary unless you have another exposure; JLS.... Read more »

are there any more ways to pleasure yourself?The Body: Rick Sowadsky M.S.P.H., C.D.S, Answers to Safe Sex Questions

I'd like to know if there are better ways to masturbate like different hand motions. Or any other unique ways to pleasure yourself using your genital if you're a male. Is it ok to soak your finger in semen and stick it up your anus?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. This website is strictly to answer questions about AIDS and otherSexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's). It is not here to answer questions ofthis type. There may be other websites on the Internet to answer a questionsuch as this. However,... Read more »

WAYS TO GET AIDS

CAN YOU GET AIDS BY DOING ORAL SEX? WAYS TO GET AIDS For questions about oral sex, read through responses posted in the <a href="http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Archive/OralSex/" target=_new>Oral Sex</a> archives....

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

For questions about oral sex, read through responses posted in the Oral Sex archives. You should also take a look at articles posed on the oral sex page at The Body.RMK... Read more »

Can you get aids from oral sex?

I am concerned about the likelyhood of getting Aids fro Oral sex. I have shared this experience with several sex partners. Durring Intercourse I used protection. What is the likelyhood or probability of catching aids through this. Can you get...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

It is an unlikely way to get HIV, but not impossible according to a study that was done among gay men in San Francisco and reported at a meeting last year. Better safe than sorry-- use a condom.... Read more »

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Inching Our Way Forward: Funding Sex Education

During the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency, advocates for comprehensive sex education saw positive changes. After nearly 30 years of strong support for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs, two-thirds of federal funding for these... Read more »

Experts Call for Global Sex, HIV Education Programs to Expand Beyond Discussions of Safer Sex Practices

Many sex and HIV/AIDS education programs around the world focus on the risks of unsafe sex, which can leave young people unprepared to deal with their sexuality or lead sexually fulfilling lives, experts said at a satellite session on comprehensive... Read more »

Kyrgyzstan Education Ministry Withdraws Sex Education Textbook Discussing HIV/AIDS, Condom Use

The Kyrgyzstan Ministry of Education in September withdrew a new sex education book that was to be used in schools this year following a "floo[d]" of public criticism, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The book, titled "Healthy Way of Life,"... Read more »

Increased Cost of Sex Due to HIV/AIDS Influences "Sexual Preference," Opinion Piece Says

The "exorbitant new price" of sex because of HIV/AIDS means that "sexual preference" could be influenced by factors typically associated with economics rather than biology, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, the authors of "Freakonomics," write in a ... Read more »

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whats my chance of getting AIDS by giving oral sex

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

About 3 weeks ago I gave oral sex to a sex worker in China. It lasted for about 1-2 minutes and I didn't feel any cuts in my mouth. What would be the possibility of me contracting AIDS this way assuming if she was HIV positive?

This is the most... Read more »

Sex after AIDS

Posted by pozMalcontent, 3 Replies

Hi folks!

Since my diagnosis (nearly four years ago), I have had problems with physical intimacy. My partner of 15 years is still negative and we would like to keep it that way. Whenever it comes to being intimate (not even sex, really) I tense up.... Read more »

FRIEND WITH AIDS HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX !!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

Help I have a friend that is having sex with several people, some married, some very young and that are also dating women with children. He has aids and is suppose to be on meds but is choosing not to take them. He acts like theres nothing wrong... Read more »

HIV neg woman sex with AIDS infected man

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I have a question that may sound stupid...I am an HIV neg female who had sex with my really close friend who has progressed to AIDS. I used a female condom and he used a condom as well. This is the second time this has happened and I have been... Read more »

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